Screen-bed.



D. J. McLAIRD.

SCREEN BED.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1914- 1,119,621, Patented Bea-1,1914;

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Inventor Attorneys 'HE NORRIS PETERS 50., PHofo-Llrna. WASHINGTON n. C

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SCREEN-BED.-

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Application filed March 31, 1914. Serial No. 828,504.

To Gut/17mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID J. McLAInD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville,.in the county of Howard and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Screen-Bed, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a screen for a bed.

One object of the invention is to provide novel means for assembling the screens detachably with the bed frame.

Another object of the invention is to providea screen construction for a bed which will give access to the bed either from the sides 'of the structure or from the top thereof.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

\Vith the above andother objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 shows in perspective a screened bed embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a cross section of the structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view depicting in spaced relation the elements whereby the side and top screens are pivotally connected with the head and the foot of the bed frame.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a bed frame 1 which may be of any desired construction. The bed frame 1 comprises a head 2 and a foot 3,

connected detachably by side rails 4, in the well known manner. The side rails inlay support slats 5 upholding the mattress 6, v

scribed, may be equipped in its head and foot portions 2 and 3 respectively with screens 7. These screens, like of the screens hereinafter described, may be made cated upon the side screens 8 adjacent their upper edges are. hinge plates 12 and locatedupon the top screens 9 adjacent their outer edges are hinge plates 11. Through the knuckles of the hinge plates 12 and 11 extend pivot elements 14, provided terminally with enlarged heads 15. In the head 2 and in the foot 3 adjacent the outer edges thereof are formed recesses 16 across which extend keepers 17 preferably in the form of plates. In the keepers or plates 17, curved slots 18 are formed, each slot 18 at its inner end being provided with an opening .19 which is large enough to receive the head 15 of the pivot element 14, the slot 18 being restricted in diameter and being narrower than the diameter of the head 15. In the outer end of each slot 18 a notch 20 is formed. 1

In practical operation, the pivot elements 14 are inserted into the slots 18 through the openings 19 and then are slid outwardly, until the pivot elements 14 ride rotatably in the journaling notches 20. Then the side rails 1 are connected with the head 2 and the foot 3 to prevent these elements from spreading apart. When the top screens 9 and the side screens 8 are thus supported upon the bed frame 1, the side screens 8 hang in pendant positions between the head 2 and the foot 3 and above the side rails 4,

the top screens 9 being horizontally dis posed and being supported upon cleats 21 which are secured to the head 2 and the foot 8. When the parts are positioned as above described, the occupant of the bed will be completely screened in'and noxious insects will be shut out.

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screens 8 and 9 open outwardly, and thus the occupant of the bed can readily create an exit at any time. When the top screens 9 are folded against the side screen 8 these elements may be swung around in a complete circle with the pivot elements 14 as a center, saving in so far as prevented by the cleats 21.

Having thus described the lIlV6I1tl0D,Wl1Lt is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a bed frame comprisingfa head and a foot; a pair of top screens and a pair of side screens, each top screen and one side screen having a common pivotal connection with the head and the foot adjacent the outer edge of the frame, whereby the side screens may be swung upwardly and inwardly to rest upon the top screens, and whereby the top screens may be swung downwardly and outwardly to rest againstv the side screens.

2. In a device of the class described, a bed frame; a top screen; a side screen; pivot elements connecting the top screen with the side screen; and means upon the frame for receiving the pivot elements thereby to afford a support for both screens.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing asmy own, I" have hereto altiXed my'signatrue in the presence of twowitnesses;

DAVID J. MCLAIRD.

VVitnesses J. D. Be'cKIrAM; E. G. MCLAIRD.

Copies of thispatent may be obtained; for five cents each. by adfireseing" the Commissioner of Patents; Washington, D; -63. 

